"What's really unbearable is the eternal mediocre shame of some people;
and the lack of bravery which marks them; their prudence; their pretension to live in a reasonable and well-planned way."

My soul is tempered now for good, and now is indestructible, resolute even through the worst storms, devastations or loss. My knowledge of life and the human heart is now so keen that I know the two months ahead will bring me more sorrow, largely because I will not pander to mundanities nor to anything alien to the dreams, thoughts, a...nd feelings of my true personality.


Isabelle Eberhardt